Date: | 06 03 1953 |
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Description: | Five men standing behind Gov. Walter Kohler watching him sign a document in his office. One of the men might be Paul Thielan from Brookfield, Wisconsin. |
Date: | 12 16 1953 |
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Description: | Postal employee, Harry Bunbury, receiving bundles of Christmas cards from inside the letter window at the United States Post Office on Monona Avenue. Bundl... |
Date: | 12 22 1953 |
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Description: | Edward C. Waffle, in charge of the tower for the Air Force, is talking with a pilot from the Truax Field control tower by speaking into a handheld radio tr... |
Date: | 12 22 1953 |
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Description: | From the observation window, G.M. Femrite is fixing his binocular field glasses on an incoming plane at the Truax Field control tower. |
Date: | 01 09 1954 |
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Description: | Customer Anne Davis playing a vinyl record in a listening booth before making a decision to purchase it. |
Date: | 01 18 1954 |
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Description: | Architect's representative Rod Lindwall checking over plans at the new Sears Roebuck store under construction on East Washington Avenue. He is using what a... |
Date: | 01 18 1954 |
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Description: | Checking over blueprint plan details at the new Sears Roebuck store under construction on East Washington Avenue are Cy Perkins, George Lehmann, and Robert... |
Date: | 07 15 1954 |
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Description: | B.A. Clark shown taking time out for relaxation on the porch of the Elks Club, headquarters for the Wisconsin American Legion's 40 and 8 Grande Promenade. ... |
Date: | 11 03 1954 |
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Description: | Representatives of business, labor and government at a pre-luncheon gathering to celebrate the opening of a new Sears Store. Looking out over Lake Mendota ... |
Date: | 11 30 1954 |
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Description: | Representatives of business, labor and government meet at a pre-luncheon gathering at the Edgewater Hotel to celebrate the opening of a new Sears store. St... |
Date: | 12 06 1954 |
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Description: | A bed-ridden man working from home. Laying in a hospital bed set up in his living room, he is using a typewriter that that is sitting on a table between a ... |
Date: | 1955 |
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Description: | Catholic Bishop William P. O'Connor blessing the chapel at the new mother-house for the Sisters of St. Benedict located on County Highway M near Fox Bluff. |
Date: | 04 15 1957 |
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Description: | The Madison City Council holds its reorganization meeting in the new City-County Building Council Chamber. Shown seated from left to right are: in the firs... |
Date: | 05 07 1957 |
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Description: | Ida Kittleson in her Spaight Street home. She has been active in several organizations, including the Humane Society, Anti-Tuberculosis Association, Kiddie... |
Date: | 04 24 1957 |
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Description: | Russell Mitchell and his wife, 411 W. Dean Avenue, discuss spring cleaning chores. He is on the ground beneath a window that she is leaning out of with a d... |
Date: | 09 08 1957 |
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Description: | Jim Walters of WMFM holding a Wisconsin State Journal newspaper as he is watching a vinyl record begin. He interlaces music and comments on the news... |
Date: | 12 14 1957 |
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Description: | Silhouette of a young girl attending a holiday party looking through a window onto a front porch at Kappa Sigma house on Langdon Street. "Merry Christmas" ... |
Date: | 04 11 1958 |
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Description: | Leslie R. and Luella Morris look over the second floor lounge of the newly dedicated Wisconsin Center building on Langdon Street. |
Date: | 04 25 1958 |
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Description: | Constance Elvehjem will sell some of her famous baked beans made from her grandmother's recipe at the Madison Altrusa club's annual country fair at the Spr... |
Date: | 04 25 1958 |
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Description: | Dr. Elizabeth McCoy of the University of Wisconsin bacteriology department examines the root system of French pussywillows she raised to sell at the Madiso... |
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